Durham head to Scarborough looking to get back to winning ways against Yorkshire in the Metro Bank One Day Cup.
Dani Hazell has named an unchanged of squad of 13 for Durham’s first professional women’s match against the White Rose, as Trudy Johnson and Mia Rogers remain in contention to make their first appearance of the season.
Durham sit in eighth position on four points in the One Day Cup with one win from four games, suffering defeat away to Hampshire at the Utilita Bowl in the previous round.
Yorkshire lie fourth in the table with 10 points and come into this match in good form, having picked up back-to-back wins over The Blaze and Lancashire.
The White Rose claimed victory in their first Roses clash last time out, posting 241 thanks to Jess Jonassen’s 108 before the Australian also claimed 4/30 in an 83-run win.
Squad v Yorkshire (29 April)
Hollie Armitage*, Lauren Filer, Katherine Fraser, Bess Heath, Trudy Johnson, Katie Levick, Emma Marlow, Mia Rogers, Phoebe Turner, Sophia Turner, Mady Villiers, Tahlia Wilson, Emily Windsor.
Words from Dani Hazell
It was a disappointing defeat down in Hampshire. We built ourselves a solid platform through Emma and Tahlia but we struggled to get going after that.
We took a step back against Hampshire after a couple of good performances. We need to take learnings from that and up our game in all areas against a strong Yorkshire side tomorrow.
Yorkshire have picked up a couple of good results against two top sides; they will be a good test for us. It will be nice for us to see some familiar faces, old and new, but the most important thing for us is to bounce back with a victory.
Opposition Corner
Captain: Lauren Winfield-Hill
Head coach: Rich Pyrah
2025 finish: Champions (Tier 2)
2025 highest run-scorer: Ami Campbell (452)
2025 highest wicket-taker: Olivia Thomas (18)
Winter moves: International spin-bowling all-rounders Sarah Glenn (England) and Jess Jonassen (Australia) have signed two-year deals, the latter as an all-format overseas and the former coming from The Blaze. Scotland seamer Hannah Rainey joined on loan from Lancashire late last summer ahead of a permanent move. Another spin-bowling all-rounder Olivia Thomas has been elevated from an Academy to professional contract. Kevin Sharp returns to Yorkshire as an assistant coach.
The big question: How will Yorkshire fare in their first season in Tier 1? They enjoyed a successful Tier 2 campaign last year, winning the Metro Bank One-Day Cup, reaching the final of the Vitality Blast and the quarter-finals of the T20 County Cup. But this summer, it will be a different ball game. Head coach Rich Pyrah and Yorkshire’s management have confidence in the players’ ability but have urged patience.
Player to watch: Vice captain Maddie Ward, 21 years old, can do it all. She can keep wicket, bats in dynamic and inventive fashion, bowls spin when required and is a gun in the field. She even skippered Yorkshire last season when Lauren Winfield-Hill wasn’t available. When she first did it in June, aged 20 years and 133 days, Worksop-born Ward became the county’s second youngest ever captain – female or male.
Final thought: Yorkshire are very much looking at this as a long-term project. Results are not the be-all and end-all this season, across all formats. Development is more important to them. But if they can take a couple of scalps along the way, it would be a real shot in the arm for the White Rose county. And a Roses win against champions Lancashire would be ideal.
Match Centre
The Club’s match centre will be in operation for the fixture with live scorecards, statistics & video highlights as they happen. You can watch the game live via Yorkshire’s YouTube channel. Durham Cricket will have full coverage on social media, with a full match report at the close.